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You are being distracted by the culture war sideshow. No war but the class war, and Apple's execs are definitely powerful enough players in that war to protect

You are being distracted by the culture war sideshow. No war but the class war, and Apple's execs are definitely powerful enough players in that war to protect themselves from consequences.

afavour 1y ago
It's not really a culture war sideshow it's a "buying favor with the administration" sideshow. And it does matter, Trump is not exactly a man with a strong loyalty streak. Demonstrating fealty to him on a regular basis could absolutely result in preferable outcomes for Apple.
- ujkhsjkdhf234 1y ago
  This is a state case. Referral for criminal charges goes to a district attorney in Northern California. Trump's DOJ could try to lean on California but no one in California has any taste for Trump and his people.
  - grogenaut 1y ago
    Have you been to the county of orange? San Francisco does not California make.
    - ujkhsjkdhf234 1y ago
      I live in California. I know how red parts of the state are.
      - DaiPlusPlus 1y ago
        Bakersfield, amirite?
    - weaksauce 1y ago
      orange county is still pretty liberal just not quite as liberal as the other parts. huntington beach and newport beach is not all of orange.
      - dragonwriter 1y ago
        Orange often gets cited as the example of a Republican county in California because it is the highest population county that is pretty reliably Republican (it has a slight Republican registration edge, but more solidly votes Republican because it also has a Republican-favoring balance of independent-by-registratiom voters.) But most of the Central Valley and the inland Northern California counties are much more Republican than Orange.
    - dragonwriter 1y ago
      Have you been to the county of Modoc? The urban coastal enclaves do not California make. (I mean, sure, by population they mostly do, and are overwhelmingly Democratic, but if you are going to look for a county that goes against the partisan trend of the state, staying in the urban coastal enclaves and picking Orange is actually a fairly weak example.)
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  - dragonwriter 1y ago
    No, it is a federal case in the US District Court for the District of Northern California, and the referrals go to Pam Bondi’s DOJ. You seem to have made the mistake of thinking that a news article saying “a judge in northern California" means “a State of California judge in the northern part of that state" rather than “a federal judge in the Northern California District Court”.
johnnyanmac 1y ago
>No war but the class war, You're normally right. But Trump is also a very petty narcissist. His "culture war" is pretty much "anyone who makes him feel bad". >Apple's execs are definitely powerful enough players in that war to protect themselves from consequences. That's why I hope courts do start throwing contempt around. Execs need to remember they aren't above the law to the point where they can blatantly lie to a judge.

You are being distracted by the culture war sideshow. No war but the class war, and Apple's execs are definitely powerful enough players in that war to protect themselves from consequences.

afavour 1y ago

It's not really a culture war sideshow it's a "buying favor with the administration" sideshow. And it does matter, Trump is not exactly a man with a strong loyalty streak. Demonstrating fealty to him on a regular basis could absolutely result in preferable outcomes for Apple.

ujkhsjkdhf234 1y ago
This is a state case. Referral for criminal charges goes to a district attorney in Northern California. Trump's DOJ could try to lean on California but no one in California has any taste for Trump and his people.
- grogenaut 1y ago
  Have you been to the county of orange? San Francisco does not California make.
  - ujkhsjkdhf234 1y ago
    I live in California. I know how red parts of the state are.
    - DaiPlusPlus 1y ago
      Bakersfield, amirite?
  - weaksauce 1y ago
    orange county is still pretty liberal just not quite as liberal as the other parts. huntington beach and newport beach is not all of orange.
    - dragonwriter 1y ago
      Orange often gets cited as the example of a Republican county in California because it is the highest population county that is pretty reliably Republican (it has a slight Republican registration edge, but more solidly votes Republican because it also has a Republican-favoring balance of independent-by-registratiom voters.) But most of the Central Valley and the inland Northern California counties are much more Republican than Orange.
  - dragonwriter 1y ago
    Have you been to the county of Modoc? The urban coastal enclaves do not California make. (I mean, sure, by population they mostly do, and are overwhelmingly Democratic, but if you are going to look for a county that goes against the partisan trend of the state, staying in the urban coastal enclaves and picking Orange is actually a fairly weak example.)
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- dragonwriter 1y ago
  No, it is a federal case in the US District Court for the District of Northern California, and the referrals go to Pam Bondi’s DOJ. You seem to have made the mistake of thinking that a news article saying “a judge in northern California" means “a State of California judge in the northern part of that state" rather than “a federal judge in the Northern California District Court”.

johnnyanmac 1y ago

>No war but the class war, You're normally right. But Trump is also a very petty narcissist. His "culture war" is pretty much "anyone who makes him feel bad". >Apple's execs are definitely powerful enough players in that war to protect themselves from consequences. That's why I hope courts do start throwing contempt around. Execs need to remember they aren't above the law to the point where they can blatantly lie to a judge.